Middle East Middle East AK Comics is an Egyptian-based superhero comic publishing venture, and the first example of the genre produced in the Middle East. The company first began publishing monthly titles in February 2004, and its comics are produced in both Arabic and English. AK Comics was founded by Ayman Kandeel, (hence the initials); Marwan el-Nashar is the managing director and Sara Kareem is the English-language editor. ...more on Wikipedia about "AK Comics"
Anatolia ( Turkish: "Anadolu", Greek: "Aνατολή" Αnatolē or Ανατολία Anatolìa) is a region of Southwest Asia which corresponds today to the Asian portion of Turkey, also called by the Latin name of Asia Minor. It means "rising of the sun" or "East", is . The Turkish word Anadolu is coming from a derivation of its original Greek version. ...more on Wikipedia about "Anatolia"
The term Ancient Near East or Ancient Orient encompasses the early civilizations predating Classical Antiquity in the region roughly corresponding to that described by the modern term Middle East ( Egypt, the Fertile Crescent, Anatolia), during the time roughly spanning the Bronze Age from the rise of Sumer and Gerzeh in the 4th millennium BC to the expansion of the Persian Empire in the 6th century BC. As such, it is a term widely employed in the fields of Near Eastern archaeology, Ancient History and Egyptology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ancient Near East"
Begini Oil Transportation was once recognized as the largest exporter and transporter of oil in Europe and the Middle East. ...more on Wikipedia about "Begini"
This article is about the roadside inns. The band Santana also has an album entitled Caravanserai. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caravanserai"
The Caucasus or Caucasia is a region in Eurasia bordered on the south by Anatolia ( Turkey) and Iran in Asia, on the west by the Black Sea, on the east by the Caspian Sea, and on the north by the European portion of Russia. Caucasia includes the Caucasus Mountains and surrounding lowlands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caucasus (geographic region)"
The Cooperation Council of the Arab States of the Gulf ( Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية), formerly named and still commonly called Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (مجلس التعاون الخليجي) is a regional organization involving the six Persian Gulf Arab States with many economic and social objectives in mind. Created May 25, 1981, the Council is comprised of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf"
The evangelical Protestants of the 19th century who invented the term Cradle of Humanity made generalized but undocumented claims that the term originated in Mesopotamia in the 2nd century, and that it was used by early Christians who were non- Arabic, to refer to a geographic area that falls within a 1,000 mile radius of the spot they believed to be the birthplace of humankind. No documentation of such a historical use has been forthcoming. Nevertheless, the term has been used not only in religious, but also in secular contexts, and may therefore refer to different locations, depending on the views of the user. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cradle of Humanity"
Democracy in the Middle East is considered by many to be rarer than in other parts of the world, but this is disputed by many governments in the region, many of whom claim to be democratic. Proposed reasons for the relative lack of democracy in the Middle East are diverse, from the resource curse of inexpensive oil and gas reserves to interfering foreign involvement from the U.S. and others. This article traces the history and assesses the current state and future prospects of democracy, democratic tendencies, and democratic movements in all countries in the broadly-defined Middle East region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Democracy in the Middle East"
Dubai or Dubayy (in Arabic: دبيّ, IPA , generally in English) refers to either ...more on Wikipedia about "Dubai"
The Fertile Crescent is a historical region in the Middle East incorporating Ancient Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia. The term "Fertile Crescent" was coined by University of Chicago archaeologist James Henry Breasted. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fertile Crescent"
Greater Syria, also known (in a historic context) as Syria, or Bilad ash-Sham (بلاد الشام, its Arabic name) is a historic region in the Middle East bordering the Mediterranean. It is generally considered to comprise roughly the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, and Israel, the Palestinian Territories, and the settled areas of Jordan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greater Syria"
The Hurrians were a people of the Ancient Near East, who lived in northern Mesopotamia and areas to the immediate east and west, beginning approximately 2500 BC. They probably originated in the Caucasus and entered from the north, but this is not certain. Their known homeland was centred in Subar, the Khabur River valley, and later they established themselves as rulers of small kingdoms throughout northern Mesopotamia and Syria. The largest and most influential Hurrian nation was the kingdom of Mitanni, which lasted from ca. 1450 BC until its destruction by Assyria in ca. 1270 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hurrians"
The Iranian plateau is major geologic formation in the Middle East and the southern Eurasian Plate. It covers much of Iran (roughly 2/3 of the country from the Zagros Mountains eastwards), Afghanistan (mainly the southern and eastern portions of the country), western Pakistan (namely Balochistan and the North West Frontier Province), and the southern portion of Turkmenistan and a small part of southern Azerbaijan. ** It stretches south of the Alborz Mountains to the coast. Its western edge is marked by the Zagros Mountains and in the east it ends with the Hindu Kush range. ...more on Wikipedia about "Iranian plateau"
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The Kassites were a Near Eastern mountain tribe of obscure origins, who spoke a non- Indo-European, non- Semitic language. They conquered Mesopotamia, bringing the Old Babylonian era to an end and for the first time welding together the network of independent, feuding city-states into a territory that can be called ' Babylonia.' According to the conventionally used Middle Chronology, Kassite hegemony in Babylon, Nippur and other centers lasted from about 1595 to 1155 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kassites"
Kurdistan is both the name of a geographic region and a cultural region in the Middle East named after the Kurds, a large ethnic group living in parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, and Syria. Most Kurds speak Kurdish. Its borders are hard to define. While Iran and Iraq acknowledge Kurdistan as parts of their territories ( Iraqi Kurdistan region in Iraq and Kurdistan Province in Iran), Turkey and Syria do not recognize Kurdistan as a demographic or geographic region. Kurdistan is generally held to include the regions in northern Middle East with large Kurdish populations. The boundaries of the modern ethnographic region of Kurdistan (i.e. the region populated by Kurds) overlaps with the historical ethnic homelands of the Syriacs and the Armenian people. According to one account, Kurdistan includes 27-28 million people in a 190,000 km2 (74,000 sq. mi) area. Others estimate as many as 40 million Kurds live in Kurdistan, which covers an area as big as France. The Kurdistan Province in Iran and the Kurdish Autonomous Region in Iraq are both included in the usual definition of Kurdistan. Kurdish people are found in regions far from their ancestral homeland. The largest Kurdish enclave outside Kurdistan is the Kurdish region in north Khorasan, in north-eastern Iran. Other scattered smaller communities are found in Azarbaijan( Kalbajar and Lachin, to the west of Nagorno Karabakh), the Alburz mountain range in northern Iran, Guilan province in northern Iran and Sistan and Baluchistan province in southeastern Iran. (See ** ). ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurdistan"
Lydia is a historic region of western Anatolia, congruent with Turkey's modern provinces of İzmir and Manisa. Its traditional capital was the city of Sardis ( Turkish: Sart). However, at its greatest extent, the Kingdom of Lydia covered all of western Anatolia. It was later the name for a Roman province. Coins were invented in Lydia around 660 BC. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lydia"
The Middle East is a political and cultural subregion of Asia, or of Africa-Eurasia. The core of the region comprises the lands between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf along with the Anatolian, Arabian and Sinai peninsulas. Sometimes, it is used in a broader sense which can include areas stretching from North Africa in the west to Pakistan in the east and the Caucasus and/or Central Asia in the north. The media and various international organizations (such as the United Nations) usually considers the Middle East to be Southwest Asia (including Cyprus and Iran) plus all of Egypt. ...more on Wikipedia about "Middle East"
After many years of preliminary moves, the Middle East Council of Churches was inaugurated in May 1974 at its First General Assembly in Nicosia, Cyprus. Initially it contained three "families" of Christian Churches in the Middle East, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Protestant Churches. These were joined in 1990 at the MECC Fifth Assembly by the seven Catholic Churches of the region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Middle East Council of Churches"
Middle Eastern Studies is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the culture, politics, economy, and geography of the Middle East, an area that is generally interpreted to cover a range of nations extending from North Africa in the west to the Chinese frontier, including Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia and multiple other nations. It is considered as part of area studies taking an interdisclipinary approach to the study of a region. ...more on Wikipedia about "Middle Eastern Studies"
The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Asia Minor (modern Turkey), Mesopotamia ( Iraq and eastern Syria), and the Iranian Plateau ( Iran, Afghanistan and western Pakistan). An alternative non-Eurocentric designation in recent years has been ' Southwest Asia', although this term has yet to achieve widespread use. ...more on Wikipedia about "Near East"
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(Orient/1911) Oriental in its most literal form means of or from the Orient (East), as opposed to Occidental meaning from the Occident (West). In more general usage, oriental means of or from the east, and has been applied as an adjective to both objects, places and people. In North America the usage of oriental as applied to people may be considered to have racist connotations and the terms Asian or Asian American are used instead, although this terminology causes some bemusement outside of North America. The British usage of "Oriental" usually refers to the "Near East" and Western Asia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Orient/1911"
The Persian Gulf ( Persian: خليج فارس, Khaleej-é-Fars or Khaleej-e Pars, in Arabic: Al-Khaleej Al-Faresi الخلیج الفارسی), in the Middle East region, it is an extension of the Gulf of Oman located between Iran ( Persia) and the Arabian Peninsula. Since the 1960s, the Gulf's Arabs and their states have often referred to the water body as the Arabian Gulf (which is in fact the ancient name of the Red Sea) but this is not commonly used in English and is not acknowledged by organizations such as the United Nations. See Persian Gulf naming dispute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Persian Gulf"
There are many interpretations of the term 'the Middle East.' One of the most common includes the Arabian Peninsula, Anatolia, the Near East, the Iranian plateau, and occasionally North Africa. To view more information on the region of Asia and/or Africa, visit the Middle East article.Different Middle Eastern cultures are spread out through this whole region. The main religion is Islam, including Shia and Sunni, while significant Christian communities are found in Lebanon, Syria, and Egypt and Jews are concentrated in Israel. Most of the people are Semites, various indo-european Iranian peoples, and Turks. The main languages spoken include Arabic, Persian, Kurdish, Hebrew, and various Turkish dialects. Here are the regions of the Middle East: ...more on Wikipedia about "Regions of the Middle East"
South Caucasus, also referred to as Transcaucasia or Transcaucasus, is the southern portion of the Caucasus region between Europe and Asia, extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders, between the Black and Caspian Seas. ...more on Wikipedia about "South Caucasus"
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